baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2428929-A (GB)
Title: Sighted device splitting input light to detector before mixing direct and displayed images
Inventor: SCHOLZ ROBERT J
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2006-07-03
Abstract: A sighted device, e.g. for a rifle, includes objective lens 40 on optical axis 42, an eyepiece lens 44, and an imaging detector 52 having a detector output signal 54. Signal processor 56 receives the output signal from the imaging detector, modifies the signal as a processor output signal 106, and this is received for video display projection 70. Optical beam splitter 80 lies on the optical axis, allowing a first split part 32 of the input beam to pass to the eyepiece lens and reflecting second split sub beam 84 to imaging detector 52. An optical mixer - such as the same dichroic splitter - then mixes the first split beam and the video display projector output prior to passing through the eyepiece lens; thus, direct view optical, and projected, images from the image sensor are combined or merged at the eyepiece. Image modulating projector 70 may be an LCD or micro mirror device (MMD) spatial light modulator (SLM). Integrated optical prisms may be used - see Figure 4.
Patent GB-2449060-A (GB)
Title: Pad for male use for absorbing urine
Inventor: CHIDYAUSIKU GEORGE WADDILOVE
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2007-03-23
Abstract: A urine absorbing pad is specially designed for male use and to be worn inside underwear. The pad is made in such a way to form a cup <B>1</B> which holds the penis of a wearer. The pad may have two "wings" <B>2, 3</B> by which it can be attached, by means of adhesive, to underwear. The pad may be made of disposable, sterile and absorbent material with a membrane to let urine through and keep the penile area dry.
Patent GB-2440661-A (GB)
Title: High Pressure Screw Compressors
Inventor: MOSEMANN DIETER
IPC: F04C18/08
Filed: 2007-07-30
Abstract: Screw compressors for extremely high discharge pressures, e.g. for application in refrigeration systems operating on CO  Þ  in a transcritical process, feature two rotors, a male rotor 1 and a female rotor 2 having a ratio of male-to-female rotor lobes of 4:6, 5:6 or 5:7 with the male rotor having a drive-shaft end 3 and both rotors are enclosed in a housing 8 having an inlet 7 and an outlet. The wrap angle of the profile section of the male rotor is less than 1.5 the lobe-pitch angle, the length to diameter ratio is between 0.3 and 0.5 and the working cycle from the beginning of suction till the end of discharge is less than 600{ of the angle of rotation of the male rotor. There may be a second, economizer, inlet in the housing wall in a transfer region of a meshing rotor interlobe space.
Patent GB-2438144-A (GB)
Title: Sustained-release fragrance delivery system
Inventor: KONIECZNY MICHAEL F
IPC: A61Q13/00
Filed: 2006-03-01
Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing a personal care product comprising combining a fragrance, a propellant and porous carrier particles, to produce a composition substantially free of pre-encapsulated fragrance particles, and containing the composition in a pressurized container. Also provided is a personal care product comprising a pressurized container and a composition contained therein, which includes a fragrance, a propellant and porous carrier particles, wherein the composition is substantially free pre-encapsulated fragrance particles. When the composition is released from the container, the propellant evaporates rapidly to produce a matrix, which incorporates the fragrance into the pores of the carrier, to produce a sustained-release fragrance delivery system.
Patent GB-2443904-A (GB)
Title: Remote-controlled electrical mains socket
Inventor: WONDERGEM TANA LEONARDUS
IPC: H01R13/703
Filed: 2007-09-19
Abstract: The mains electrical supply outlet 7 has a signal-receiver to receive an encoded wireless signal; a socket, with an electricity-consuming device connected; a controller, powered by mains electricity, to decode said received encoded signal and to control switching of electrical power to the socket; and a connection sensor. The connection sensor senses when a device is plugged into the socket and disconnects power from the controller if no device is plugged in. There may also be an electrical light switch assembly 1 with a manually operable light switch and a manually operable remote power switch to actuate the transmission of an encoded wireless signal to the mains electrical supply outlet. This allows a user to disable the power sockets in a room when leaving the room and switching the lights off, whilst avoiding any need for batteries or loose remote controls that may be lost.
Patent GB-2454015-A (GB)
Title: A fastener for carpets or mats
Inventor: THOMAS STEVEN
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 2007-10-26
Abstract: A fastener for fastening a carpet, mat or other floor covering to a supporting surface, comprises a pair of fastener parts 2, 20 each having planar base 4, 30 which is securable to the covering 42 and/or the supporting surface 46. An array 15, 23 of fastener elements is provided on the base 4, 30 and extending perpendicular thereto, the elements 14 of one fastener part 2 intercalating with the elements 22 of the other part 20 when the fastener parts are joined with their bases substantially parallel to one another. The minimum surface to surface spacing between adjacent elements of one part is less than the diameter of an element of the other part whereby the parts cannot be separated by movement in the plane of the base but there is substantially no resistance to separation by movement in the direction perpendicular to the base 4, 30.
Patent GB-2445669-A (GB)
Title: Recording text messages for unanswered calls
Inventor: DOULTON DANIEL
IPC: H04M3/53
Filed: 2008-01-09
Abstract: A network based service manages unanswered calls to telephone numbers. The network picks up the call before it 'fails' (e.g. hits a busy tone, rings out, phone is off, phone cannot connect); this can be before or upon or shortly after the network decides to terminate ringtone or to not offer any ringtone. The network then plays back an IVR recording giving the option of speaking a text (SMS, MMS, email, IM etc) to the person they were trying to call. Consequently the caller always gets through to something useful, which may also be seen as less formal than ordinary voicemail, and hence more likely to be used. The caller may force the network to offer the option of speaking a text by pressing the "*" key during the ringtone.
Patent GB-2458659-A (GB)
Title: Decorative/protective covering suitable for digital products with touch-sensitive display screens
Inventor: LAM CHIN FAI
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2008-03-26
Abstract: A decorative and/or protective covering suitable for digital products with touch-sensitive display screens, such as mobile telephones or PDA's, includes a rigid plastic body 1, 2. The rigid plastic body is provided with an internal cavity matching the appearance of the product placed therein The peripheral walls of the rigid plastic body are arranged with windows matching the functional components of the product placed therein; on the front of the rigid plastic body is provided with a window frame matching the touch-sensitive display screen of the product placed therein; and, in the window frame is embedded and fixed a cold-formed transparent plate 3 made of cold-formed polycarbonate (PC), which is suitable to closely contact the touch-sensitive display screen of the product. The present invention effectively protects the touch-sensitive display screen of the digital product without affecting operations thereon.
Patent GB-2446081-A (GB)
Title: Personal emergency alarm system
Inventor: BRETT MARSHA LYNN
IPC: G08B21/22
Filed: 2008-04-24
Abstract: A personal emergency alarm system comprises an alarm unit (22) for each client's home (10) connected by a communications network such as the PSTN (14) to a central system (16). The central system is arranged to place telephone calls to the clients' homes periodically and to determine whether or not to raise an alarm in dependence upon the response by the client or the client's unit to each call. Each client is intended to take part (24;110) of a proximity detection system (22,24; 104,110) with them when they are away from home, for example as a result of said part being attached to their door key, and no alarm is raised if said part is not detected indicating that the client is away from home.
Patent GB-2460744-A (GB)
Title: Underwater detection device
Inventor: NISHIMORI YASUSHI
IPC: G01S7/536
Filed: 2009-06-01
Abstract: An Underwater detection device for determining fish quantity information has a transceiver 1 arranged to transmit 2 an ultrasonic beam in a detection area of a radially extending plane and to acquire corresponding echo data 3 at detection points located two-dimensionally in the plane. The number of fish within the detection area is then calculated 4 by multiplying the echo data by a thickness of the transmitted ultrasonic beam at the detection points and performing an area integration along the plane. The radially extending plane may be a cone surface or a flat-plane surface. The device may also be arranged to calculate the area of a school of fish based upon the signal level of the echo data and the fish quantity calculation may then be based upon the echo data belonging to the area of the school of fish.
Patent GB-2456994-A (GB)
Title: Connector
Inventor: NAGAYA TAKANORI
IPC: F16L37/08
Filed: 2007-12-26
Abstract: A rotating shaft (20) is formed along the axial direction between both flanges (14, 15) of a connector main body (1). A retainer (2) has a bearing portion (25) at one end thereof and the rotating shaft (20) can be fitted from an insertion opening (26) which can be enlarged. The retainer (2) is supported rotatably around the rotating shaft (20) and held at a temporary stop position where a pipe (10) can be inserted or pulled out freely and at a main stop position where the retainer is stopped at the bulge portion (11) of the pipe (10) and locked. When the retainer (2) tries to rotate over the temporary stop position in the direction to be farther from the connector main body (1), a stopper click (28) formed at the edge of the insertion opening (26) abuts against the abutting face (21) of the connector main body (1). Since the stopper click (28) is hooked deeply to the abutting face (21), the retainer is not unhooked to rotate furthermore, thus avoiding such a situation as the insertion opening (26) opens and the rotating shaft (20) is removed.
Patent GB-2467809-A (GB)
Title: Flexible lining material for a furnace that measures temperature in the furnace
Inventor: RABER RUDOLF
IPC: F27B14/20
Filed: 2009-06-12
Abstract: A flexible lining material (10, Figure 1) for a furnace. (e.g. coreless induction furnace 1, Figure 1) includes a laminate structure of two layers of a heat resistant material 14 having thermocouple wires 16 between them. Wires 16 may be housed in a sleeve 22, connected to a meter 56 for measuring temperature, and be moveable (slide) between layers 14 or in the sleeve 22. Layers 14 may be adhered together and to the sleeve 22 and may be made from mica paper, ceramic paper, woven glass cloth, or other supple, electrically insulating material. Lining material (10, Figure 1) may provide a slip plane layer for an induction furnace (1, Figure 1). A method of lining an induction furnace (1, Figure 1) is also provided, including a manufacturing process of the lining material (10, Figure 1). A method of installing a thermocouple in a high temperature environment is additionally provided.
Patent GB-2472216-A (GB)
Title: Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with four electrodes
Inventor: EDWARDS THOMAS RICHARD KERBY
IPC: A61B18/12
Filed: 2009-07-28
Abstract: A bipolar electrosurgical instrument comprises first 4 and second 5 jaws, first jaw 4 has an inner surface 7 which cooperates with the inner surface 21 of the second jaw 5 for grasping tissue. A first coagulating electrode 13 is on the inner surface of one of the jaw members, and a second coagulating electrode 15 is on the inner surface of one of the jaw members, An insulator 9 separates the two electrodes. A third cutting electrode 41 is on the inner surface of the first jaw, and a fourth electrode 19 is provided on an outer surface 8 of the first jaw. The instrument is capable of selectively causing coagulation of tissue between the first 13 and second 15 electrodes, cutting the trapped tissue contacted by the third electrode 41, and the cutting or coagulation of tissue contacted by the fourth electrode 19. Alternatively, the third and fourth electrodes may be integrally formed (50; see fig 10).
Patent GB-2472584-A (GB)
Title: Optical-fibre connector
Inventor: HANNIGAN JOHN
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2009-08-10
Abstract: The invention provides an optical-fibre connector, in which an end 6 of an optical fibre is secured within a ferrule 5, and the ferrule is biased, or urged by a spring, in a nominal axial direction away from a support 9 located within the connector, in which the ferrule can tilt and/or move laterally in any direction relative to the nominal axial direction. Alternatively, the ferrule support 9 tilts relative to an insert (10, figure 11), The connector is able to accommodate misalignment of a hating connector (see figure 9), due to, for example, manufacturing tolerances.
Patent GB-2472608-A (GB)
Title: Partially Transparent Solar Cell
Inventor: BRUNTON ADAM NORTH
IPC: H01L31/0224
Filed: 2009-08-12
Abstract: A partially transparent solar cell 11 comprising a plurality of layers, one or more of which are semi-transparent or opaque, whereby an array of unconnected holes 10 are formed in one or more of said semi-transparent or opaque layers, allowing the transmission of light through said holes 10; the holes 10 are formed using wet-etching, where at least a first liquid etchant is provided to the surface of the first layer via ink-jet printing which allows the size and density of the holes 10 to be controlled in one or two dimensions. If more than one layer of the cell is opaque a second etchant can be used after the first to remove the second opaque material, this second etchant can be administered via the same ink-jet method or by washing across the surface of the layer. An ink-jet device for 12 producing solar cells of this kind is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2475471-A (GB)
Title: A support for transferring a patient between 2 rotating beds
Inventor: MCGEE DANE
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 2009-09-24
Abstract: An occupant transfer system comprising two beds arranged to be located together so that an occupant may be transferred from one bed to the other; each bed including a plurality support structures 53 mounted on endless belts 55 and 56, each belt extending in a loop over a plurality of rotatable drive members extending longitudinally of the bed; drive means adapted to cause rotation of the endless belts so that the sleep support structures move laterally across the bed; wherein the system further comprises a support 51, the support including one or more elongate pads arranged to extend longitudinally of the support surface adjacent an occupant in use and including a wedge-shaped projection extending proximally towards the occupant. The belts 55 and 56 of the beds may be arranged to be actuated simultaneously and the support may be sized to be wider than the combined distance of the rounded ends of both belts 55 and 56.
Patent GB-2474266-A (GB)
Title: Tourniquet carrying a light emitting device
Inventor: SOFOS STRATOS
IPC: A61B17/132
Filed: 2009-10-09
Abstract: A tourniquet device 1 has a flexible strap 2 carrying a light emitting device 7 and a housing 3 for mounting on the strap 2. The light emitting device 7 may comprise a light bulb or LED and may be mounted in a buckle housing 3. The light is preferably mounted externally on the buckle housing 3 and the remainder of the light generation arrangement may be disposed inside the housing 3. The light generation arrangement may comprise a power source and circuitry to enable activation of the light source in response to the activation of a switch 8. The buckle connection is preferably a quick release mechanism with mating connectors 4, 6.
Patent GB-2474709-A (GB)
Title: Non-compression heat engine
Inventor: COATES NICHOLAS RICHARD
IPC: F02B41/00
Filed: 2009-10-23
Abstract: A non-compression engine has two or three variable volume mechanisms, an induction-displacer 1 and a combustion-expander 2, or an induction-displacer 1 and a combustion-expander 2 and an atmospheric-cooler 3. A working volume of gas is drawn into the induction-displaces, then displaced into the combustion-expander 2 at substantially constant volume passing through the regenerator 5. The gas in the combustion-expander 2 is further heated by combustion of a fuel then expanded to extract work. The gas is then displaced through the regenerator 5 into the atmospheric-cooler 3 at substantially constant volume, or exhausted from the regenerator at constant pressure. The gas is contracted in the atmospheric-cooler doing atmospheric work. Once the gas has equilibrated with the pressure of the atmosphere it is exhausted from the atmospheric-cooler 3.
Patent GB-2475325-A (GB)
Title: Torsion bar assembly and method, particularly for rail vehicle anti-roll bar
Inventor: GILMARTIN DUNCAN
IPC: B61F5/24
Filed: 2009-11-16
Abstract: A heavy duty torsion bar assembly comprises a lever 20 which is mounted on the bar 10 by means of an oil injection taper fit, the cooperating surfaces having at least one drainage groove 13, 24 and preferably being formed to a tolerance of IT7 or better, wherein the final assembled position is determined by a pre-defined axial displacement of the lever from an initial position defined by manual engagement of the two parts. The drainage groove(s) is/are annular 24 and/or helical 13.
Patent GB-2475530-A (GB)
Title: Control device for multiple sprinkler control valves
Inventor: TAI SU-HUA
IPC: A01G25/16
Filed: 2009-11-23
Abstract: A portable one-to-many control device50for a sprinkler pipeline comprises a housing501, a display screen51, an operation interface52, a connection port and a transmission interface54wherein a microprocessor is positioned within the housing501and electrically connected to the transmission interface54, the housing including a DC power source. The control device50is connectable to a mounting body30which sits on top of a control valve10for controlling the flow of water in a sprinkler pipeline or irrigation system. A memory and drive unit40is positioned within the mounting body30and powered by a battery. A second interface41is provided which is in electrical connection with a solenoid20of the valve10and the memory and drive unit40which saves data and activates the solenoid20. The housing501corresponds to the mounting body30. The control device50can be movably and electrically connected to the memory and drive unit of different control valves so that one control device can set and control many control valves.
Patent GB-2476258-A (GB)
Title: Motion detection using histogram analysis
Inventor: ATTWOOD CHARLES I
IPC: G06T7/20
Filed: 2009-12-16
Abstract: A method of processing video comprising a succession of images of a scene to detect movement of an object in the scene, comprising storing a matrix of bytes each representing the difference in intensity of a respective pixel between temporally adjacent images, creating from those bytes a histogram of the frequency at each of a range of positive and negative values of the intensity difference, locating the limits of a central peak of the frequency distribution in the histogram so as to include in the central peak changes due to illumination change and repetitive motions in the background of the scene, determining the proportion of bytes in the remainder of the distribution that are in tails of the distribution on each side of the central peak, repeating the aforesaid process for each successive pair of temporally adjacent images, and providing an output indicative of a moving object and not indicative of illumination change or repetitive motions, in the event that that proportion meets a predetermined criterion. Changes in local illumination between images will be shown as an asymmetry in the central peak (fig. 1(c)), a change in global illumination will shift the peak in a positive direction if brighter and a negative direction if darker, whilst objects having a repetitive motion eg waves or leaves will thicken the peak.
Patent GB-590950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to detector mechanism for use with sheet-feeding apparatus
IPC: B65H7/12
Filed: 1945-04-20
Abstract: 590,950. Feeding sheets. BACKHOUSE' H. T. April 20, 1945, No. 10014. [Class 100 (ii)] In a sheet-feeding apparatus a calipering- device for stopping the apparatus if two or more sheets are fed over the feed table is constructed of a lever 6 pivoted at 10 to an adjustable bracket 1, and a gauge piece 9 pivoted to the lever and set to permit of the passage of a single sheet but to be raised against the action of a spring 18 if double feed occurs. A pin 11 then acts upon a trip arm 12 which is moved to arrest the normal oscillating movement of a cam 2 and thus actuate clutch mechanism to stop the feed. The cam 2 normally acts upon a roller 16 to raise the lever 6 to free the sheet being fed from the action of the gauge piece 9 after the calipering action. The lever 6 is controlled by a screw 4 and spring 5 to set the device for sheets of different widths. In a modification the gauge piece 9 is formed with a bent-up end which lies over a screw fixed to the trip arm 12, the pin 11 being dispensed with.
Patent GB-1492651-A (GB)
Title: Digital to analogue converter using only insulated gate field effect transistors
IPC: H03M1/74
Filed: 1975-03-11
Abstract: 1492651 Digital-to-analogue conversion TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc 11 March 1975 [14 March 1974] 10050/75 Heading H3H A fully-integrated-circuit digital-to-analogue converter comprises a plurality of I.G.F.E.T.s T 1  to T n  having binarily weighted conductances, and a self-conducting I.G.F.E.T. 2 to provide a constant current source. The source electrode 6 of I.G.F.E.T. 2 is connected in series with the drain electrodes of I.G.F.E.T.s T 1  to T n . The output voltage may be taken between 22-24 or 24-26. I.G.F.E.T.s T, to T n  may have identical channel lengths (b), weighting being produced by different channel widths (a).